JEREMIAH I straighten and smile as her eyes snap to mine, full of fear. I keep them locked with mine as I then say, "That got your attention, didn't it?" "Master..." She whispers, still with that fear in her voice, "For tonight, Emma, I have to change one of my other rules. I will need you to keep your head up and your eyes at shoulder level. You don't look anyone in the eyes but you make it seem as if you are, you will enter the room on your own, my mother isn't announcing everyone, so that is fine but once you are inside, you are to make your way around the room until I approach you. You still only speak when spoken to, but keep your answers short with no real information. Do you understand?" "Yes, Master!" "Oh, while we are inside you address me as Your Highness, not Master..." She nods her head, and I sigh as I say, "Emma, I need to hear you say it." "Yes, Your Highness." When those soft words leave her lips for some reason; I feel drawn to kiss her. I fight the feeling
JEREMIAH I make my way further up the trail and find my bike exactly where Ali said it would be. I help Emma get on and then climb on behind her. I know this is not the way to ride, but I want my arms around her and I want to make sure she doesn't get scared and try to jump off. I start the bike and take off down the trail, heading for my private cabin.It doesn't take us long to get there with how fast I was pushing my bike, and the best thing about my private cabin is that it is far enough into the woods away from the castle that no one there can hear Emma scream and she will be safe as she goes through her first shift but it is still within our kingdom's borders. I pull up out the front, get off and help Emma off as I lift her up and set her back on her feet. I say,"Move onto the porch and wait there..."She nods and does as she is told and walks up and onto the porch. As I get back on the bike I look at her flush face and actually like the tin
SAMUEL I then exit the room behind her, as I walk back down to the pack kitchen, thinking about when I first met Malissa. Mother made me attend the high school that we now share with some of the other packs around the kingdom. Malissa was the Beta's daughter from Uncle James's pack... Mother's old pack, so she comes and goes between the two packs whenever she wants. Unfortunately, she is that female that sleeps with any male that is willing to take her to their bed. My brothers and I were never one of those males. I chuckle to myself that she would believe that laying herself out on my bed would actually get me to do anything with her. I am brought out of my head as I am knocked to the floor by Diego, Tyler and Penelope, all jumping on me. Penelope puts her hands on my cheeks, making me look at her as she laughs. "Sammy, when did you get home?" "Late last night..." She looks at the duffle on my shoulder and whines, "A
EMMA I know not to disobey the Master when it comes to some things. I learned that lesson the hard way and very quickly. He would lock me in my dark and cold cell for days at a time or he would sink his fangs into my neck, drink, take a few short pulls, and then remove them before moving to another area and sinking them in again. He would drink again, taking a few short pulls before removing his fangs and moving to yet another area. He would do this again and again until I was either screaming and begging him to stop or until I passed out in his arms.I open my mouth and he slides the slice of orange in. I slowly suck the juice out of it and then chew the rest. When I have finished that piece, he has another different slice of fruit waiting for me to open my mouth so he can put it in. I don't know how he knows, but when I am full; he stops feeding me the fruit and passes me the glass of cold water I was drinking.I hesitantly raise my shaky han
EMMA **Flashback Cont***I open it slowly and quietly, sticking my head out carefully and looking both ways down the hall before slipping from the room. I look one way and then the other before choosing to go to the left.I smile to myself as I find a winding staircase at the end of the hall. I start slowly and carefully down until I hear some voices coming up. I look around me and see a small alcove that has some curtains hanging in front of it.I move as quickly and quietly as I can into that alcove. I smile at the orange striped cat sitting on the ledge. I then place my hand over my mouth and practically hold my breath as two male guards walk past, chatting and laughing. Just as they pass, I step back a little further and hit my back on the extremely cold wall, the small sound that escapes from behind my hand makin
EMMA"Come on, that prince used you, your body and your blood until he became tired of you and then threw you to his servants...""Why do you think I got out of there as quickly as I could... But I know that one of these days I will become a queen and looking at that hunk of a princely vampire, I plan for it to be his...""And how do you intend to do that?""If I can get him to wear this amulet, then all he will see is me..." She places her hand on an amulet hanging around her neck."Lexis!... Messing with witches will only get you killed..."I must warn the Master. I look back up to him as he just finishes the dance and then leads the Queen over to the large throne chairs at the other end of the room. He had told me to make my way around the room. I try my best to blend in but stay as close to the wall as I can. I have never been amongst so many people since I woke up in that dark and cold cell. When I can't stay near the w
JEREMIAH "I'm sorry, Master."Those soft words out of her mouth just before she collapses in my arms bring me out of my anger. I retract my fangs and run my tongue over my bite. I hadn't planned on drinking from her but she has to be part witch or something and must have enchanted me somehow. It's the only explanation as to why my body would start to react to her when it hasn't before.I shake my head, as this doesn't seem right. She only has access to the books I give her. Unless she is a natural witch, then she wouldn’t need books to cast any type of spell. I think over what just happened and if she wasn't so scared of me, she could be loving and maybe even a little more...I pick her up and carry her up the small flight of steps and into my room. There is only one bed in this cabin, as it is my private getaway, so I lay her down on my silk sheets. As I move back, I remember why I wasn't going to feed from her and sigh. I took a
SAMUELMatstops in front of me and says,"Okay, your female is getting desperate. Even though she has been a rogue amongst us for years, she has always had the privilege of staying and moving on to the next camp. Now with the bounty from both your pack and our King she has been forced to fend for herself and seems to be stepping on a few of the more permanent rogue's toes. Stealing food they have hunted, I can definitely tell she was a pack mutt.""I grew up with her watching over us. I still can't understand why she took my sister.""Well, that is something to ask her, isn't it?""Oh! I plan to. So where to?""The rogue I just spoke to says she headed further into the woods and up the mountain. But she only has a day and a half head start on us as she stopped to con some food and pleasure out of the rogue I spoke to..."He laughs. "He did say one thing for her. She definitely knows how to sell her body. He hasn